OHINEMURI.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2170, 11 October 1875, Page 3

OHINEMURI.

■ (FEOM OUE OWN COEEESPONDENT.) ] October 8. i I head that if: ia contemplated to remove i the-Wild Missouri battery from its pre- I sent site at Tavaru. Mr Cowper has been 1 sent by the owners to look out for an opening. He has visited Tairua, and was very well satisfied with the prospects, but cannot see his way clear owing to the, scarcity of water. He visited Karangahake yesterday, and tested stone from : various parts, and got first-rate shows. I understand that he is very much pleased with the locality, as not_ only-are. the prospects: good, but there is any amount ; 0 f water-power available, and the place is easily got at. After visxling Waitekauri he will return and report to his employers as to the most likely , opening, and. they will then proceed to negotiate with the claimhold'ers. The Paeroa-Waitekauri track committee met last night at the. Paeroa Hotel. L was resolved to offer £10 for the blazing of a track from: tho main road (at the back of Takerei|s) to the Waitekauri G.M.C.'s machine sito. I hear that the.Totara (adjoining the MaZeppa Gr.M.C.'s ground) has been jumped, but I think that the step has jeen taken simply with the idea to put an end to an old dispute about a portion of the company's claim. The Golden Spur and Young Navals, situated east and west of.the All Nations, have made_ a start, and plaints have been laid to obtain possession of the Scramble, to the southeast of the Prospectors', It is to be hoped that now the miners' right's enquiry 1 lias been brought to a conclusion, the long-pending lawsuit about the ground on the Prospectors'eastern side line may be speedily settled. You will doubtless recollect the case which was brought by the Maoris against Blake and party, and upon which the Warden reserved judgment pending an investigation. Captain Eraser and Mr McLaren arrived this afternoon, and proceeded at once to Mackaytown, despite the' heavy rain, as the former , was anxious not to disappoint those who had business in the Warden's Court, which was to have been held this - morning, but had to be delayed in consequence of there being no steamer . up yesterday. On arrival at Mackaytown, it was found that the . only business ; was. the hearing of two plaints lsid to i obtain possession of shares in the June- ■ lion claim (situated on; the Bald Hill in i' the Gorge, opposite the All Nations), and i as the plaintiffs weie still, iu attendance

Court was opened at once. There will doubtless be a heavier .cause ; list nsxt Court day. Captain Eraser and Mr McLaren vrill be busy for the nest few days in finally determining upon the applications for agricultural areas. . The time for lodging plana of the earlier applications has expired; and_ applicants had better stir up their surveyors' if th'oy wish- to expedite matters. Many of the plans are not yet ia. and it is probable that some of those lodged will require amendment. October 9. „ Mr Allom, who has. been out for some days assisting to lay out the track found by; Te Watene from Mackaytown to Waitekauri, has reported to _ the committeo. :He estimated the distance at nine miles, about five of which could.bo available for the mainTauranga road, and

would bo preferable and loss oxpensivo than that laid- out by Captain Turner some time ago. The total; distance from tlia Paeroa,landing to Waiteknuri by this couto would be 13 miles.- -